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Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania. A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry.
A nine-week-old Border Collie directing ducks.. All herding behavior is modified predatory behavior. Through selective breeding, humans have been able to minimize the dog's natural inclination to treat cattle and sheep as prey while simultaneously maintaining the dog's hunting skills, thereby creating an effective herding dog.
The English Shepherd is a medium-sized breed of dog, it weighs between 40 and 65 pounds (18 and 29 kg) and stands between 18 and 23 inches (46 and 58 cm), males are typically larger than females.
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The versatile skills of the Dutch Shepherds made them suitable for dog training, which was then starting to become popular. They were then trained and used as police dogs, search and tracking dogs, and guide dogs for the blind.
An Old English Sheepdog An Icelandic Sheepdog A Welsh Sheepdog. A sheep dog or sheepdog is generally a dog or breed of dogs historically used in connection with the raising of sheep.
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Other names for the breed include Shepherd's Dog and bob-tailed sheep-dog. [1] The nickname Bob-tail (or Bobtail ) originates from how dogs of the breed traditionally had their tails docked . Old English Sheepdogs can grow very long coats with fur covering the face and eyes and do not shed unless brushed.